# US 2014/0153475 A1 · Method, Apparatus, and System for Transmission Control of Multimedia Broadcast Multicast Service Data > Agents: this data is available as JSON from the patentgrep API and MCP server — see https://patentgrep.com/llms.txt - Number: US 2014/0153475 A1 - Document ID: US20140153475A1 - Status: Published application - Kind: A1 - Application number: 14/175,303 - Filed: 2014-02-07 - Published: 2014-06-05 - Earliest claimed: 2011-08-08 - Assignees: Huawei Technologies Co., Ltd. - Applicants: Huawei Technologies Co., Ltd. - Inventors: Qufang Huang; Mingzeng Dai - Web page: https://patentgrep.com/patent/US20140153475A1 ## CPC - H04W 72/30: Resource management for broadcast services - H04W 4/06: Selective distribution of broadcast services, e.g. multimedia broadcast multicast service [MBMS]; Services to user groups; One-way selective calling services - H04W 72/121: for groups of terminals or users - H04W 72/1263: Mapping of traffic onto schedule, e.g. scheduled allocation or multiplexing of flows - H04W 72/54: based on quality criteria - H04W 84/042: {Public Land Mobile systems, e.g. cellular systems} - H04W: WIRELESS COMMUNICATION NETWORKS (broadcast communication H04H; communication systems using wireless links for non-selective communication, e.g. wireless extensions H04M1/72) ## Abstract Embodiments of the present invention disclose a method, an apparatus, and a system for transmission control of multimedia broadcast multicast data. The method includes: according to a reference time, determining a scheduling period of suspending or resuming sending MBMS service data; and suspending or resuming sending the MBMS service data in the determined scheduling period. According to the embodiments of the present invention, transmission control of the MBMS service data by a base station can be realized, which facilitates each base station in the same MBSFA range synchronously suspending or resuming sending the MBMS service data of the same service, thereby facilitating reducing interferences in the service ## Claims ### Claim 1 A transmission control method of multimedia broadcast multicast service data, the method comprising: according to a reference time, determining, by a base station, a scheduling period of suspending or resuming sending multimedia broadcast multicast service data; and suspending or resuming, by the base station, sending the multimedia broadcast multicast service data in the determined scheduling period. ### Claim 2 (depends on 1) The method according to claim 1, wherein according to the reference time, the determining the scheduling period of suspending or resuming sending the multimedia broadcast multicast service data comprises: according to the reference time, determining, by the base station, an Mth scheduling period of a multicast channel that bears the multimedia broadcast multicast service data after the reference time, as the scheduling period of suspending or resuming sending the multimedia broadcast multicast service data, wherein M is an integer greater than or equal to 1. ### Claim 3 (depends on 1) The method according to claim 1, wherein the reference time comprises: a start time of a multicast control channel modification period when a multicast control channel message is updated. ### Claim 4 (depends on 1) The method according to claim 1, wherein the reference time comprises: a start time of transmitting a multicast control channel message for the first time in a multicast control channel modification period when the multicast control channel message is updated. ### Claim 5 (depends on 1) The method according to claim 1, wherein the reference time comprises: a start time of a second multicast control channel repeat period in a multicast control channel modification period when a multicast control channel message is updated. ### Claim 6 (depends on 1) The method according to claim 1, wherein the reference time comprises: a start time of an Nth multicast control channel modification period after a multicast control channel modification period when a multicast control channel message is updated, wherein N represents a multicast control channel modification period deviation value and is an integer greater than or equal to 1. ### Claim 7 (depends on 6) The method according to claim 6, wherein before the determining, by the base station, the scheduling period of suspending or resuming sending the multimedia broadcast multicast service data, the method further comprises: pre-configuring, by the base station, the multicast control channel modification period deviation value; or according to received indication information comprising the multicast control channel modification period deviation value, acquiring, by the base station, the multicast control channel modification period deviation value. ### Claim 8 (depends on 1) The method according to claim 1, wherein before the determining, by the base station, the scheduling period of suspending or resuming sending the multimedia broadcast multicast service data, the method further comprises: receiving, by the base station, indication information comprising the reference time, wherein the reference time comprises a start time indicated by a multi-cell/multicast coordination entity (MCE); and according to the reference time, the determining, by the base station, the scheduling period of suspending or resuming sending the multimedia broadcast multicast service data comprising: according to the start time indicated by the MCE, determining, by the base station, an Mth scheduling period of a multicast channel that bears the multimedia broadcast multicast service data after the start time indicated by the MCE, as the scheduling period of suspending or resuming sending the multimedia broadcast multicast service data, wherein M is an integer greater than or equal to 1. ### Claim 9 A transmission control method of multimedia broadcast multicast service data, comprising: generating, by a multi-cell/multicast coordination entity (MCE), indication information comprising a reference time; and sending, by the MCE, the indication information to each base station in a same multimedia broadcast multicast service single frequency network area range, so as to instruct the base station to determine, according to the reference time, a scheduling period of suspending or resuming sending the multimedia broadcast multicast service data. ### Claim 10 (depends on 9) The method according to claim 9, wherein the reference time comprises: a start time indicated by the MCE, for the base station to determine, according to the start time indicated by the MCE, the scheduling period of suspending or resuming sending the multimedia broadcast multicast service data; or a multicast control channel modification period deviation value N, for the base station to determine, according to a start time of an Nth multicast control channel modification period after the multicast control channel modification period when a multicast control channel message is updated, the scheduling period of suspending or resuming sending the multimedia broadcast multicast service data, wherein N is an integer greater than or equal to 1. ### Claim 11 A base station, comprising: a processor and a memory; wherein the processor is configured to: determine a scheduling period of suspending or resuming sending multimedia broadcast multicast service data according to a reference time; and suspend or resume sending the multimedia broadcast multicast service data in the determined scheduling period. ### Claim 12 (depends on 11) The base station according to claim 11, wherein the processor is configured to determine the scheduling period of suspending or resuming sending the multimedia broadcast multicast service data, comprising: the processor is configured to, according to the reference time, determine, an Mth scheduling period of a multicast channel that bears the multimedia broadcast multicast service data after the reference time, as the scheduling period of suspending or resuming sending the multimedia broadcast multicast service data, wherein M is an integer greater than or equal to 1. ### Claim 13 (depends on 11) The base station according to claim 11, wherein the reference time comprises: a start time of a multicast control channel modification period when a multicast control channel message is updated; or a start time of transmitting a multicast control channel message for the first time in a multicast control channel modification period when the multicast control channel message is updated; or a start time of a second multicast control channel repeat period in a multicast control channel modification period when a multicast control channel message is updated. ### Claim 14 (depends on 11) The base station according to claim 11, wherein the reference time comprises: a start time of an Nth multicast control channel modification period after a multicast control channel modification period when a multicast control channel message is updated, wherein N represents a multicast control channel modification period deviation value, and is an integer greater than or equal to 1. ### Claim 15 (depends on 14) The base station according to claim 14, wherein the processor is further configured to pre-configure the multicast control channel modification period deviation value. ### Claim 16 (depends on 14) The base station according to claim 14, wherein the processor is further configured to acquire the multicast control channel modification period deviation value according to received indication information comprising the multicast control channel modification period deviation value. ### Claim 17 (depends on 11) The base station according to claim 11, wherein the base station further comprises: a receiver configured to receive indication information comprising the reference time, wherein the reference time comprises: a start time indicated by a multi-cell/multicast coordination entity (MCE); wherein the processor is configured to: according to the reference time, determine the scheduling period of suspending or resuming sending multimedia broadcast multicast service data, comprising: the processor is configured to according to the start time indicated by the MCE, determine, an Mth scheduling period of a multicast channel that bears the multimedia broadcast multicast service data after the start time indicated by the MCE, as the scheduling period of suspending or resuming sending the multimedia broadcast multicast service data, wherein M is an integer greater than or equal to 1. ### Claim 18 A multi-cell/multicast coordination entity (MCE) comprising: a processor configured to generate indication information comprising a reference time; and a transmitter configured to send the indication information to each base station in a same multimedia broadcast multicast service single frequency network area range, so as to instruct the base station to determine, according to the reference time, a scheduling period of suspending or resuming sending multimedia broadcast multicast service data. ### Claim 19 (depends on 18) The MCE according to claim 18, wherein the reference time comprises: a start time designated by the MCE, for the base station to determine, according to the start time indicated by the MCE, the scheduling period of suspending or resuming sending the multimedia broadcast multicast service data; or a multicast control channel modification period deviation value N, for the base station to determine, according to a start time of an Nth multicast control channel modification period after the multicast control channel modification period when a multicast control channel message is updated, the scheduling period of suspending or resuming sending the multimedia broadcast multicast service data, wherein N is an integer greater than or equal to 1. ### Claim 20 A communication system comprising a multi-cell/multicast coordination entity (MCE) and at least one base station, wherein the MCE is configured to generate indication information comprising a reference time and send the indication information to each of at least one base station in a same multimedia broadcast multicast service single frequency network area range; and wherein each of at least one base station is configured to, according to the reference time, determine a scheduling period of suspending or resuming sending multimedia broadcast multicast service data and suspend or resume sending the multimedia broadcast multicast service data in the determined scheduling period.